Pōhaku ku‘i ‘ai (poi pounder)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1708
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Accession number:
Acc.587
Description:
Made of coarse gray stone with crystals. Only partly worked. Constriction near top separates a sort of knob from main body of object.
Donor:
Mrs. Jackson R. Myers
Collection place:
Maui, Hawaiian Windward Islands, Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii; Maui; Maui
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Jackson R. Myers
Collection date:
1900-1917
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1922
Context of use:
Poi pounder?
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
height 3 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pōhaku ku‘i ‘ai (poi pounder), accession number 11-1708, described as Made of coarse gray stone with crystals. Only partly worked. Constriction near top separates a sort of knob from main body of object.

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